Walking, cycling and horse riding

Hacking or trekking, you'll be able to see a lot of what South Lanarkshire has to offer from horseback.

Start exploring with our guide to Riding in Lanarkshire.

This has route maps with descriptions for the following routes:

• Falls of Clyde, Lanark - a figure of eight loop along the Clyde Valley
• The Differick - a bird's eye view of Clydesdale
• Broken Cross Muir - the old drove road on which this route is based has been in use for centuries
• Lesmahagow circular ride - along quiet lanes, hard tracks and a disused railway
• Biggar-Broughton-Skirling circular route - attractive with two-thirds off-road
• Forth and Wilsontown - a network of paths, including disused railway lines, forest tracks and other paths
• The Beeches, Lanark -  one of the routes used in the Riding of the Marches during Lanimers
• Other off-road riding routes at Douglas and Whitelee Wind Farm
• British Horse riding routes
• Forestry Commission Scotland